Water-closet of the squat or non-contact type.



J. H. MOORE.

WATER CLOSET OF THE SQUAT 0R NON-CONTACT TYPE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 18 1913.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

()07azj477f007 "e JoEN HENRY MOORE, or oxroiw, ENGLAND.

wA'rEacLosE'r or THE sonar on NON-CONTACT TYPE.

This invention relates to water-closets of the squat or non-contact type that 1s to say the type in which the rim of the pan is only a few inches above the floor surface.

According to the present invention two side posts are provided, the said posts being so arranged that each may be conveniently 16 grasped by the corresponding hand of the user for the purpose of providing adequate means of balance.

Preferably a clothes-guard, which extends round the sides and back of the pan,'is com- 20 bined'with the two side posts, and inclined blocks are provided to support the heels of the user to insure greater comfort.

The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, i'n as Z---,

Figure '1 is a side elevation of the improved closet. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same; and Fig. 3 is a plan of aslight modification. The pan B is arranged to have its upper surface or rim projecting a few inches (for example 4 inches) above a platform '0 on which the user squats. The pan shown projects considerably at the front and for'this reason a support Eis provided to resist any '35 accidental. pressure on the projecting front which might tend. to break the oint between the pan and the outlet D arranged at the back. In front of the pan two side post's'F, F, are firmly fixed and-suitably situated so 40 that the user can conveniently grasp the Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

Application filed August 1a, 1913. Serial No. 785380;

same, and extending round the back and sides of the pan is a.clothes-guard G, se-

cured at the front ends to the posts Two inchned blocks H, H, are suitably arranged on the platform one on each sideof the pan for supporting the heels of the user.

It will be seen that any person usin the closet will be enabled to adequately ba ance themselves by grasping the two sides posts F, F, while the inclined blocks G, G, will support the heels and act considerably to the comfort of the user, at the same tlme the guard G will effectively! protect the clothes from falling into the pa n If desired one post may be made longer than the other so that it can be're'adily distinguished in the dark.

Fig. 3 illustratesa slightly modified form of clothes-guard. x

In cases where the space below the floor 6O allows of it, the platform may be dispensed with, in which case the pan is sunk into the floor so as to brin its upper edge within a few inches of the oor.

I claim:

In a'water closet of the squat or non-contact type, the combination of an elongated pan, a pair of forwardly inclined blocks for supporting the heels of the user, the said blocks being located exterior, to and at the sides of thepan and below the upper rim thereof a clothes guard which extends round the sides and back of the pan, and gripping posts, arranged at the front ends of the clothes guard, all for the purpose set forth.

. I JOHN HENRY MOORE.

Witnesses?) Q l 1 JOHN T. K OWLES, HERBERT A. BnEs'roN. 

